Teslarati

JANUARY 31, 2023

SpaceX began constructing Starship’s Texas launch site in earnest in late 2020. But the company went on to radically redesign the rocket and its ground systems, forcing it to entirely abandon about a year of work by the end of 2020. SpaceX broke ground on Starship’s first Florida OLS in late 2019.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The news that General Motors would relaunch the infamous Hummer name—as an all-electric truck no less—broke a few days before the high-dollar, high-visibility 2020 Super Bowl ad that introduced that vehicle to the world. Back in the day, the original Hummer H1 was a military vehicle with a light veneer of consumer comfort.

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Hummer GMC GM Market 104

Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

Upcoming electric passenger vehicles and light trucks from GM get most of the attention, but its new commercial EV brand is a quiet and very serious push too. GMC started as a commercial-truck brand, and made largely the same light-duty trucks as Chevrolet. Battery size, motor power and most other details remain unknown.

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Commercial Vehicles GMC GM 137

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It’s larger, taller, heavier, and more powerful than any other launch vehicle in history. 33 Raptor 2 engines power Starship’s Super Heavy booster – also more than any other rocket. Starship’s orbital upper stage is roughly the size (and far heavier and more powerful than) as an entire two-stage Falcon 9 rocket.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In theory, it would have been able to launch up to 300 tons (660,000 lb) to low Earth orbit (LEO) – twice the payload of Saturn V, the next most capable rocket. The principles of the rocket, its general shape and layout, and the Raptor engine powering it remained the same.

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